{"id":2052,"date":"2026-08-05T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:09:14","slug":"red-states-income-tax-showdown-ends-in-a-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"Red State\u2019s Income Tax Showdown Ends In A Landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Missouri voters overwhelmingly voted to keep the state\u2019s income tax on Tuesday, with <\/span><span>83%<\/span><span> voting \u201cno\u201d on the amendment that would have phased out the state\u2019s income tax. The vote ended in a landslide even with Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe supporting the amendment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2050\">Trump Says One Thing Sets Him Apart After Latest Security Scare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>This is the first step in keeping our promise to make Missouri more competitive, attract jobs and investment, and let families keep more of what they earn from the start,\u201d he said earlier this year, urging Missourians to vote \u201cyes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If the amendment had passed, it would have allowed the state legislature to expand the state\u2019s sales tax to help make up the revenue difference. The amendment prohibited the state from reducing funding for public schools, but opponents of the amendment argued that school budgets would decrease if the income tax was phased out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMissourians expect strong public schools, reliable roads and bridges, and fully-funded, accessible services \u2014 and for everyone to pay their fair share,\u201d said Executive Director of Progress Missouri Claire Cook-Callen. \u201cInstead, this plan gives a tax break to the state\u2019s eight billionaires and sticks each working family with a bill of about $500 more each year.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democratic State Representative Ashley Aune added, \u201cWhere are we going to get that revenue? We\u2019re going to get that revenue off the backs of Missourians who are living paycheck to paycheck, seniors who already can\u2019t afford their medications or to stay in their homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>State Republican Senator Joe Nicola also opposed the amendment, arguing it would allow the state to start taxing services. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the state. We\u2019re going to start taxing services now.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2049\">Crowd Roars As El-Sayed Drops An \u2018Inshallah\u2019 In Election Night Speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Supporters of eliminating the income tax drastically outspent those in opposition. Total contributions to support the passage of the amendment totaled $15.5 million, while contributions to the \u201cno\u201d campaign stood at around $5 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Missouri Association of Realtors was one of the largest donors opposing the amendment, contributing about $2.8 million. Opponents of the amendment, like the Missouri Association of Realtors, worried that the state would have turned to taxing professional services \u2014 potentially including real estate commissions and other services connected to buying and selling homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Supporters of the amendment, however, argue that other states have shown that taking away the income tax results in an economic boom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cZero-income-tax states have consistently outperformed high-tax states over the past decade,\u201d said conservative advocacy group Freedom Principle Missouri. \u201cFrom 2012 to 2022, they saw stronger population growth (11.8% vs. 4.6%), net domestic in-migration, higher employment growth, and superior personal income and gross state product growth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri currently has a graduated income tax with rates between 2 and 4.7%. Income taxes make up 28.2% of the state\u2019s tax revenue, property taxes make up 27.8%, sales tax makes up 28.3%, with other taxes making up the rest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2047\">Coming To WNBA? Man Dominates Women\u2019s Basketball Overseas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri voters overwhelmingly voted to keep the state\u2019s income tax on Tuesday, with 83% voting \u201cno\u201d on the amendment that would have phased out the state\u2019s income tax. The vote ended in a landslide even with Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe supporting the amendment.\u00a0\u201cThis is the first step in keeping our promise to make Missouri more competitive, attract jobs and investment, and let families keep more of what they earn from the start,\u201d he said earlier this year, urging Missourians to vote \u201cyes.\u201d\u00a0If the amendment had passed, it would have allowed the state legislature to expand the state\u2019s sales tax to help make up the revenue difference. The amendment prohibited the state from reducing funding for public schools, but opponents of the amendment argued that school budgets would decrease if the income tax was phased out.\u201cMissourians expect strong public schools, reliable roads and bridges, and fully-funded, accessible services \u2014 and for everyone to pay their fair share,\u201d said Executive Director of Progress Missouri Claire Cook-Callen. \u201cInstead, this plan gives a tax break to the state\u2019s eight billionaires and sticks each working family with a bill of about $500 more each year.\u201d\u00a0Democratic State Representative Ashley Aune added, \u201cWhere are we going to get that revenue? We\u2019re going to get that revenue off the backs of Missourians who are living paycheck to paycheck, seniors who already can\u2019t afford their medications or to stay in their homes.\u201dState Republican Senator Joe Nicola also opposed the amendment, arguing it would allow the state to start taxing services. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the state. We\u2019re going to start taxing services now.\u201d\u00a0Supporters of eliminating the income tax drastically outspent those in opposition. Total contributions to support the passage of the amendment totaled $15.5 million, while contributions to the \u201cno\u201d campaign stood at around $5 million.The Missouri Association of Realtors was one of the largest donors opposing the amendment, contributing about $2.8 million. Opponents of the amendment, like the Missouri Association of Realtors, worried that the state would have turned to taxing professional services \u2014 potentially including real estate commissions and other services connected to buying and selling homes.\u00a0Supporters of the amendment, however, argue that other states have shown that taking away the income tax results in an economic boom. \u201cZero-income-tax states have consistently outperformed high-tax states over the past decade,\u201d said conservative advocacy group Freedom Principle Missouri. \u201cFrom 2012 to 2022, they saw stronger population growth (11.8% vs. 4.6%), net domestic in-migration, higher employment growth, and superior personal income and gross state product growth.\u201dMissouri currently has a graduated income tax with rates between 2 and 4.7%. Income taxes make up 28.2% of the state\u2019s tax revenue, property taxes make up 27.8%, sales tax makes up 28.3%, with other taxes making up the rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red State\u2019s Income Tax Showdown Ends In A Landslide - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2052\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red State\u2019s Income Tax Showdown Ends In A Landslide - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Missouri voters overwhelmingly voted to keep the state\u2019s income tax on Tuesday, with 83% voting \u201cno\u201d on the amendment that would have phased out the state\u2019s income tax. The vote ended in a landslide even with Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe supporting the amendment.\u00a0\u201cThis is the first step in keeping our promise to make Missouri more competitive, attract jobs and investment, and let families keep more of what they earn from the start,\u201d he said earlier this year, urging Missourians to vote \u201cyes.\u201d\u00a0If the amendment had passed, it would have allowed the state legislature to expand the state\u2019s sales tax to help make up the revenue difference. The amendment prohibited the state from reducing funding for public schools, but opponents of the amendment argued that school budgets would decrease if the income tax was phased out.\u201cMissourians expect strong public schools, reliable roads and bridges, and fully-funded, accessible services \u2014 and for everyone to pay their fair share,\u201d said Executive Director of Progress Missouri Claire Cook-Callen. \u201cInstead, this plan gives a tax break to the state\u2019s eight billionaires and sticks each working family with a bill of about $500 more each year.\u201d\u00a0Democratic State Representative Ashley Aune added, \u201cWhere are we going to get that revenue? We\u2019re going to get that revenue off the backs of Missourians who are living paycheck to paycheck, seniors who already can\u2019t afford their medications or to stay in their homes.\u201dState Republican Senator Joe Nicola also opposed the amendment, arguing it would allow the state to start taxing services. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the state. We\u2019re going to start taxing services now.\u201d\u00a0Supporters of eliminating the income tax drastically outspent those in opposition. Total contributions to support the passage of the amendment totaled $15.5 million, while contributions to the \u201cno\u201d campaign stood at around $5 million.The Missouri Association of Realtors was one of the largest donors opposing the amendment, contributing about $2.8 million. Opponents of the amendment, like the Missouri Association of Realtors, worried that the state would have turned to taxing professional services \u2014 potentially including real estate commissions and other services connected to buying and selling homes.\u00a0Supporters of the amendment, however, argue that other states have shown that taking away the income tax results in an economic boom. \u201cZero-income-tax states have consistently outperformed high-tax states over the past decade,\u201d said conservative advocacy group Freedom Principle Missouri. \u201cFrom 2012 to 2022, they saw stronger population growth (11.8% vs. 4.6%), net domestic in-migration, higher employment growth, and superior personal income and gross state product growth.\u201dMissouri currently has a graduated income tax with rates between 2 and 4.7%. 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